Kenny Vaccaro became a New Orleans Saint in 2013, the team’s first-round draft pick (No. 15 overall) from Texas. And today, no current member of the secondary has a longer stretch of uninterrupted service with the Saints.
Let that sink in for a moment.
In NFL parlance, Vaccaro is all grown up, a young man (25 years old) but a veteran leader whose 50 games (49 starts) since the beginning of his rookie season have given him wisdom via deed and tenure. And he has needed every bit of it this season.
If the Saints’ secondary had been a revolving door, passersby would’ve been knocked off balance from the breeze produced by the spinning.